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LAGOS, Nigeria, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Hopes were raised Friday that the end of a five-year conflict that has ravaged one of Africa's largest oil industries may be in sight after a senior rebel chieftain made a last-minute acceptance of a government amnesty.
ABUJA, Nigeria, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A wing of the main rebel group in the oil-rich Niger Delta of Nigeria ended its cease-fire Tuesday, though the main faction is embracing a government amnesty.
LAGOS, Nigeria, July 13 (UPI) -- The leading rebel group in Nigeria has claimed responsibility for an attack on an oil tanker facility near the commercial hub of Lagos.
Nigerian gunmen have attacked a ship off the coast of the oil-rich Niger Delta and taken two men hostage, the latest salvo by armed groups against the petroleum industry.
LONDON, April 19 (UPI) -- A Nigerian rebel group Sunday freed British oil worker Robin Barry Hughes, one of 27 oil workers who were kidnapped in September, officials said.
LAGOS, Nigeria, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Two British oil company workers being held by Nigerian rebels in the country's Niger Delta region appear to be in good health, a British newspaper says.
Iran budgets $37 oil; natural gas involved in Israeli strikes; another Nigerian pipeline is attacked.
Analysis: Nigeria trial raises questions
One of Nigeria's most notorious militant leaders from the oil-rich Niger Delta is being tried in a closed-door proceeding on gun and treason charges.
ABUJA, Nigeria, March 7 (UPI) -- Nigerian prosecutors have charged two leaders of a separatist movement in the Niger Delta with treason.
ABUJA, Nigeria, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A Nigerian group opposing government abuses said it sent an open letter to U.S. President Bush asking him to find a solution to the conflict.
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